AT SAN JOSÉ STATE: Completed his fourth year with the Spartans in 2020 ... 113 appearances and 96 starts in four-year career ... 91 career hits and 63 RBI
2020 (17 Games): Started 14-of-15 games played ... Had a pair of hits against Utah Valley (2/29) and Saint Mary's (3/3) ... Three RBI against Cal (3/10)
2019 (JUNIOR): Primary starter behind the dish for the first two months of the season before being sidelined by an injury ... Made 24 starts and 29 appearances ... Season-best 4-for-5, four RBI and two runs scored with a triple at Santa Clara (2/18) ... Batted .250 with 22 hits, 13 runs and 16 RBI ... Two RBI in 2-for-3 day at the plate vs. UNLV (3/16) ... Four multi-RBI games ... Tied for the second-longest hitting streak on the team with 10 games ... Also had a 12 game on-base streak ... Scored go-ahead run to defeat Fresno State (3/23) ... Scored game-winning run on a wild pitch in walk-off win vs. UNLV (3/15).
2018 (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 49 games, started 45 at catcher...Hit primarily out of the seventh spot in the order…Caught runners stealing a Mountain West leading 20 times…In conference games, he was ranked third in sac bunts with six and 15th in RBI’s at 24…Batted .288 and drove in 34 runs on 46 hits this season…Second on the team in multi-RBI games with 11…Season-high four hits at the Mountain West Tournament versus UNLV (5/26) and at San Diego State (5/13)…11 RBI, eight hit weekend against San Diego State (5/11-5/13); two-RBI (5/11), four-RBI (5/12), and a season-high five-RBI (5/13).
2017 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 20 games, starting in 13... Started seven games behind the plate and six as the designated hitter... Made his Spartan debut versus BYU (2/23) as a pinch hitter... Started his first game against Pacific (3/7)... Collected his first hit versus Santa Clara (4/4)... Had an on-base percentage of .424... Collected eight RBI on 13 hits... Season-high three hits versus UNLV (5/18)... Collected a pair of two RBI games against Saint Mary’s (4/18) and Grand Canyon (5/9)... Had four extra base hits, including a triple against Fresno State (4/30)...Threw out 3-of-10 would be base stealers.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2016 graduate of Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, Calif. … Three-time letter winner in baseball playing for coach Mike Oakland… Team captain his senior year… 2015 & 16 West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL) second team choice… During his senior season, collected 20 hits, 16 RBI and scored 14 runs... As a junior, hit .299 with 23 hits, 21 RBI, scored 15 runs and hit one homerun.
MORE ON JOHNNY: Majoring in sociology ... Aspires to be a professional baseball player or to join the San Jose Police Department … Enjoys hunting and hanging out with family and friends in his free time… Parents are Rick and Angelica Mendoza… Has an older sister, Lizette, and a younger brother, Niko… Native of Mountain View, Calif. … Now calls Sunnyvale, Calif., his hometown.